GOP Is Skeptical Obama's Proposals Won't Add to Deficit

By

Janet Hook

Updated Feb. 13, 2013 12:26 a.m. ET

Republicans in Congress said they were disappointed, though not surprised, that President Barack Obama's State of the Union address offered them few olive branches, seeing it as part of a second-term strategy by Mr. Obama to adopt a more confrontational strategy in dealing with the opposition party.

Republicans found little to applaud in the president's list of new initiatives and liberal policies. They voiced skepticism about his...